Taper week? Baseline run next week!

Tnx for checking in! I have been doing some hill repeats for the last few weeks, most of the time 2 sessions a week (one easy 500-700 meters climbing and one harder session >1000 m climbing). I decided to simulate the Jungfrau marathon next week as a baseline run so I can learn from how my body reacts to the nearly continues climb in the last quarter of the race.

Looking at the elevation map of the course I decided to break it in 4 segments and use the 2 different climb the “alp 010 / hoge bergse bos” has to offer.

Breaking it into segments - my plan for next week will be:

• 0 km to 10.5 km: 5 climbs (13% increase) remainder on mountainbike paths
• 10.5 to 21 km: 11 climbs, 7 @ 13%, 4 @ 25% increase
• 21 km to 31.5 km: 16 repeats, 8 @ 13% + 8 @ 25% increase.

If I am still alive by then:

• 31.5 km to 42 km: 22 climbs, 10 @ 13% and 12 @ 25% from which 6x continues repeats on hardest side to mimic continues climbing.

My goal for next week will honestly just be testing how it feels and how I react to it. Mostly, I want to get a feeling on if/when I should incorporate powerhiking as testing that is not something for raceday and sofar all climbs have been runable so trying to find that limit.

In order to start fresh next week I will doing a mini taper where I am dailing back on volume a little and maybe a light carb loading program starting sunday.

My run today was fun, did a few technical climbs as there was lots of mud. Not falling was the biggest challenge. But still always a pleasure to be out here!